saw two squirrels fighting two birds on the chainlink fence outside my door when I got home. not even hawks or crows or anything, these were just songbirds of some sort. it went on for quite a long time. looks like the birds won in the end.
Dayhike in the San Gorgonios. Lots of off trail up and down through some crappy footing (sand/blowdown). Very clear day, hot and dry. Two of the peaks (the southern two) were out of the way and often ignored, so they still had the original registers from the 70s (most places near LA you're lucky if you can find one from the late 90s). About 13 hours total. photos